Charlotte Bobcats @ Washington Wizards 3/8

[x2pacalypse]

Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Venue: Verizon Center
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Probable Starters:
Charlotte:
PG- Raymond Felton
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SG- Matt Carroll
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SF- Jason Richardson
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PF- Emeka Okafor
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C- Nazr Mohammed
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Key Bench
Jared Dudley
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Earl Boykins
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Washington:
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PG- Antonio Daniels
SG- DeShaun Stevenson
SF- Darius Songaila
PF- Antawn Jamison
C- Brendan Haywood

Key Bench:
Andray Blatche
Roger Mason

sorry i ran out of energy... good luck to us tonight though!

[ziggy]

+1 for an excellent game thread :)

Looks like Earl has actually grown a couple of inches :biggrin:

[Dead_Real]

A lot of B Ball on deck for me to watch tonight Wiz caught us off guard last time we faced off but I'm sure we wont sleep on them this time around by pushing the streak to 5 games in a row.

[tamburello]

Very good thread, first of all. This is the beginning of 10 road games of the next 11. We have to win in order to gain momentum to use against giants like Mavs, Rox etc.

We've lost to them while they were without Arenas and Butler. This time we have another chance. Hopefully we'll get franchise record 5th straight victory.

[davcbow]

Difference is "NO MCINNIS"..... :g:

[ohara831]

With no Butler or Arenas, if we can work on hemming up Antawn Jamison, we have a good chance to win #5. We need to be physical with him and intimidate him from trying to get inside the paint. Keep him on the outside. He can still hit from out there, but the odds are in our favor much more if we keep him outside.

[ammofan]

GO CATS GO!!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Lets Get 5 straight! This is th kind of playing I have been waiting for!

[Melanie]

Come on Bobcats!!! Get that 5th win!

[bizzlecatz]

Well the Hawks won the 51 second game, I was hoping for overtime. :)

[tamburello]

J-Rich is just on fire. 16 1st period points :D

[Dead_Real]

^Five dimes already for Ray too hopefully they both keep up with what they are doing.

[Chef]

Based on the 1st q and the last 4 games, if there was an Anti-MVP award, Mcinnis would win hands down. This is a different team. It is an actual basketball team.

[Dead_Real]

Update 6 dimes for Ray nice buzzer beater by Hammer.

[davcbow]

wow 35-21 end of 1st? I think we are hungry for the 5th win in a row.....Keep it up Bobcats!!!!!! :biggrin:

[tamburello]

Carroll at the buzzer, again. 7 three pointers in first quarter, what a start, especially considering our disastrous starts to games.

[BIGCatBobcat]

Based on the 1st q and the last 4 games, if there was an Anti-MVP award, Mcinnis would win hands down. This is a different team. It is an actual basketball team.


exactly right. the shooters are open because of Ray's drives to the basket. Okafor is off to a pretty slow start but he got a nice basket because Ray drove to the basket. Where Okafor getting a double double average(most nights look good, some nights he's off) Ray is going to have 13-7 average as the PG, sometimes go off for 20-25 and some nights get 15-18 assits. He looks good in his new role as "the" guy. 3 threes for Matt 4 for J-Rich, I love it. Stretch that lead fellas!

[Chef]

BOOM SCHAKALAKA

[tamburello]

If Roger Mason hadn't hit 2 three's in 20 seconds, I'd be much more happier. We have to hold this lead by the end of the first half. Keep it up guys.

[Muttley]

Oh My God, the Font on News14 changed! I can tell what it says! Sweet!

wait, nevermind... it's back to normal now

[tamburello]

The lead is down to 4, J-Rich commits 3rd foul. Bad news. Please re-gain your confidence guys.

[Dunk]

Seem to have lost a bit of our intensity heading into the half. Let's get it back. Still have a nice lead, though.

[tamburello]

Two very critical buckets by Swish. We're up by 7. Good first half, though.

[davcbow]

We almost lost our composure there in the 2nd 54-47 halftime.....

[Dead_Real]

Rich will probably sit for awhile in the 3rd but I think Hammer will pick up the slack for him if that happens.

[Muttley]

We were on fire in the first, it's only natural to cool off a bit in the second, especially when the 2nd unit comes in. Still up by 7. So long as we don't get comfortable, and begin the 2nd half the way we began the 1st, we'll pull this out.

[davcbow]

Yes yes we must not cool off, we've got to keep sticking it to them and play defence like we did in the first...... :g:

[tamburello]

My man... Carroll is 5 for 5 beyond the arc. Stupendous

[Dead_Real]

10 dimes already for Felts nice

[tamburello]

J-Rich begins second half just like how he did in first half. 7 quick points. We're up 12 again.

By the way, Felton has 6 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists. He's close to the 1st TD of franchise.

[tamburello]

Carroll 6 for 6. whoaaaa SO NICE

[Dead_Real]

Gotta love Rich being this active on D tonight.

[BIGCatBobcat]

J-Rich is throwing them up, Matt is hot from beyond the arc, he needs to drive a bit but who cares when youre 6-6 from 3pt. Our new PG has 10 assists and did I hear Steve Martin say 0 tos?

[tamburello]

Hmm. Matt Carroll makes his 4th foul and probably head to the bench until the mid fourth.

[Dead_Real]

JRich picks up his 4th foul now

[dvdbumpus]

So, why is Othella in there ruining Davidson's or Hollins minutes?


Also. SICK SWISH DUNK!

[Dead_Real]

Sick play

[dvdbumpus]

Other than Othella, I'm really liking the rotations and how the players are responding to each other. Never saw THAT with Mcinnis runininz our seezinz.

[tamburello]

It's great to push the lead to double figures at the end of third. Only 12 minutes left guys, keep it up.

[dvdbumpus]

Sick pass by Felton, only to be ruined by Othella's travel.

[BIGCatBobcat]

othella needs to be cut. J-Rich seems to be the only guy that gets in foul trouble on a consistant basis.

[tamburello]

Both teams look cold right now. And that's an advantage for us, of course.

[dvdbumpus]

Dudley, you're a stud. More players should be like you and Wallace.

[davcbow]

I swear Duds always seems to be in the right place at the right time except the foul just now....

[dvdbumpus]

Check this out...I found it while I was surfing:

http://www.bobcatsplanet.com/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,70/topic,5568.msg27599#msg27599

[Dead_Real]

Bobcats please go ahead and put the Wiz away so I can watch UNC kill Duke :biggrin:

[dvdbumpus]

Even the announcers said Mcinnis was taking up too many minutes. Haha.

[dvdbumpus]

Holy crap that shot was a tough one.

[Dead_Real]

Don't let this one slip away.

[Dead_Real]

Damn surprised Matt missed both of those 3's.

[tamburello]

2 very critical offensive rebounds will surely seal the victory. Thanks Mohammed, thanks Ricahrdson.

[tamburello]

Don't let this one slip away.

This time we didn't. Long awaited 5th straight victory came at last.

[BIGCatBobcat]

in the bag if they are fouling

[BIGCatBobcat]

what the hell was that all about Matt? Stupid foul you better hit these shots.

[Dead_Real]

Wizards got a lot of heart damn they wont go away.

[tamburello]

Don't let this one slip away.

Oops, I talked way way early. We still need to fight and avoid making mistakes.
This time we didn't. Long awaited 5th straight victory came at last.

[MattD]

jesus... if we lose... ahrhrhrhrH. Im still talking to myself in the chat room if anyone wants to join for the 20 seconds

[MattD]

lovely boykins!

[dvdbumpus]

Ugh, I'm so nervous. Smart play by Dudley.

[dvdbumpus]

Should've gotten Matt the ball on the inbounds.

[Dead_Real]

Huge shots upcoming for Hammer please knock these down and we push the streak to 5 :)

[Muttley]

Thank goodness Matt got that rebound.

Now hit 'em both.

Damn. We tried to give this one away, but pulled it out.

5th STRAIGHT!

[tamburello]

OMG, the scare ended at last. FIFTH VICTORY. This time for real.

[davcbow]

I ask how did Felts trip that guy? He wasnt near him, he fell into Felts.....

We win 100-97

[dvdbumpus]

Whew!! We got lucky there. Ray made a great play to get some time off the clock!

[tamburello]

If I understood correctly, we've made two tactical fouls in last 10 seconds in order to aviod a three pointer. This is so much a European tactic, so I'm glad to see that Sam Vincent has learned something in Europe.

[Dead_Real]

That game damn near gave me a heart attack glad the Cats pulled it out though 5th in a row = greatness.

[DaFlameking]

5 game win streak. new record in the books for the bobcats. o wut?!

[dvdbumpus]

If I understood correctly, we've made two tactical fouls in last 10 seconds in order to aviod a three pointer. This is so much a European tactic, so I'm glad to see that Sam Vincent has learned something in Europe.


I'm just glad he's learned anything, anywhere.

First 5 game winning streak for the team ever! Woo hoo!

:bounce8: :cheers1: :wootjump: :funkybanana:

[Melanie]

Hairy finish of the ballgame, but dang, 5th WIN sure is SWEET!!!

Go Bobcats!!!

[DaFlameking]

i think even NBA.com has to let it sink in as well. They cant believe it but we just did it

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[ohara831]

5 in a row! And we're getting some help from some teams ahead of us we need to lose! Keep it going guys; we may just make the playoffs!!!

[tamburello]

An ugly win still counts a win. Thank God we didn't collapse as we had done in our first 3 years a lot of times.

[tamburello]

Now let's root for Miami.

[Dead_Real]

I think Miami still has the lead against ATL right now.

[tamburello]

Atlanta won.

[tamburello]

We're 2.5 games behind the 8th Atlanta right now (assuming NJ would lose to Dallas)

[ziggy]

That was excruciating... but damn it feels good to have a 5 game win streak. This is right around the time that the Golden State Warriors got hot last season... Maybe its our time :)

[ziggy]

The Wizards fans are suffering, check it out here:
http://www.wizardsextreme.com/showthread.php?t=1277

and here:
http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2008/03/08/game-day-charlotte-2/#comments

[MattD]

The Wizards fans are suffering, check it out here:
http://www.wizardsextreme.com/showthread.php?t=1277

and here:
http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2008/03/08/game-day-charlotte-2#comments


wow some of those are really bad... "Felton- Roach that needs to be squashed" sort of caught my attention.

Who cares, Id love to see the Wiz Bobcats in the playoffs when we have wallace... let them have caron and gill... it would be interesting, thats for sure

[TheBeagle]

Talk about a crazy evening of hoops!!! The gut-wrenchingly tedious end to the Bobcats game followed up by the Heels sweating one out against Dook. All in all, the good guys went 2-0 tonight, and that's all that matters, baby!!!!!

I'll be honest, the ending to the Bobcats game was so miserable that when Stevenson banked in the 35 footer to make it a 7 point game with under 3 minutes to play, I left the room to watch the NC game til the under 16 official's TO. I see we're up by 8 with 34 seconds left, and think we've got it, just in time to go into the other room to see the lead now at 3 with only 7 seconds off the clock?!?!?! I'll watch the tape to see what happened there, but, it was too nerve-wracking/irritating to watch, so I went and watch NC play until the under 8 TO, and I see Raymond somehow get called for a foul when the guy was obviously falling down without Raymond's assistance! Thankfully, we pulled the thing out, but I've got to think it didn't have to be that stressful...........

5 Game win streak......ah, sounds so sweet to the ears, and nice to be able to type on the keyboard!!!!!!! I really really think we have a solid chance of making it 6 against the reeling Mavs. I'm actually getting cocky enough to say: BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!

Oh, and yes, Raymond Felton? Bobcats PG for the hereafter!!! If he had Tyson Chandler or Amare on his team, he'd be up there challening for the league lead in assists, no doubt!

So nice to see JRich bounce back after subpar game last night. Performances like tonight, and games like tonight are games that playoff teams win; let's just hope the sins of "coach" during the age of McInnis, didn't put us too far behind to not get in.....

Also, sweet follow up slam by Jermareo in the 1st half; great to see him play with such confidence.

[timang]

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN :D